Reactions to organizational change from the institutional perspective: The case of Estonia

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 19-30

  Alas, Ruth ^a  

^a ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Institutionalism; Organizational change; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 52349116245     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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